News & Press

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has elected Ben Campbell, publisher of The Columbian newspaper, to its board of directors.
Mr. Campbell is a fourth-generation family owner of The Columbian, one of the largest remaining independently owned newspapers in the United States. The Columbian has been owned by the Campbell family since 1921 and was founded in 1890.
Mr. Campbell has a bachelor of arts degree from Washington State University and graduated from Mountain View...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has extended an honorary directorship to Paul Christensen, its longest serving board member, while appointing two other executives to leadership positions.
Christensen has served continuously as a director since the nonprofit group was formed in 1993 to spur regional economic vitality. He is founder of the apartment development and management company Realvest Corporation which formed in 1969 and operates across the Pacific Northwest. A...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has selected Kim Hamlik to fill the Ed Lynch Board Seat, an honorary one-year term on its board of directors.
Ms. Hamlik is currently co-owner of Northwest Precision Tool in Vancouver for 15 years. She was a Data Technician for Rightline Equipment of Rainier, Ore., for ten years. Her community involvement includes serving as a board member of the Trauma Intervention Program and past president of the Vancouver Tennis Center Foundation. She...

Regional business and community leaders took a brief recess from their busy work, family and community lives to express appreciation for the region’s quality educational system by honoring 24 exemplary staff and volunteers.
The honors were presented as part of the Learn Here Project, an effort to showcase our educational system and its remarkable leaders to inspire others and attract people and businesses considering relocating or expanding in the region. About 120 community and...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has appointed Camden Spiller to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Spiller is the CEO of Maddox Industrial Transformer, a company he formed in 2015 that has become the foremost supplier of electrical transformers in the United States. With headquarters in Battle Ground, Wash. and operations in four other states, Maddox has been recognized each of the past four years as one of America’s fastest growing privately owned companies by Inc....

One aspiring businessperson has a unique opportunity to serve for a year alongside the region’s most accomplished business leaders on the Identity Clark County (ICC) board of directors.
The nonprofit business leaders group is seeking its seventh appointee to the Ed Lynch board seat, a one-year courtesy role for an emerging business leader while honoring the late businessman and philanthropist Edward Lynch who chaired ICC for more than a decade.
“The Ed Lynch Board Seat...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has appointed long-time board member and former chairman Scott Horenstein to the honorary position of Chair Emeritus.
Mr. Horenstein is the principal of Scott Horenstein Mediation LLC, which provides mediation services to resolve family and business differences that otherwise are destined for lengthy and expensive deliberation in courts. He was an attorney in Clark County for most of his professional career where he gained a reputation for...

Regional business and community leaders took a brief recess from their busy work, family and community lives to express appreciation for the region’s quality educational system by honoring 26 exemplary staff and volunteers.
The honors were presented as part of the Learn Here Project, an effort to showcase our educational system and its remarkable leaders to inspire others and attract people and businesses considering relocating or expanding in the region. A 20-minute virtual...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has appointed Tom Teesdale to its Board of Directors and promoted Sean Philbrook to Vice President of Programs.
Mr. Teesdale is Vice President of Marketing for ilani, a 400,000 square foot entertainment complex with a hotel under construction along Interstate 5 near Ridgefield. He joined ilani in 2016 with a focus on driving market share, revenue growth and customer loyalty programs. His 30 years of gaming industry experience includes...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has selected Katy Belokonny to fill the Ed Lynch Board Seat, and appointed Matthew Bisturis to its Board of Directors.
Ms. Belokonny will serve a one-year honorary term on the group’s board of directors. With 15 years of marketing and public relations experience, Ms. Belokonny leads public affairs for Vancouver-based PointNorth Consulting which supports the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program. She managed communications for...